Begoña

About this book

Begoña or The Basques in the XXI Century (2) is a sequel to IDOYA or The Basques in the XXI Century. The Basque heroine “Begoña” is IDOYA’s younger sister. Begoña’s story—already a bachelor in psychology—after Idoya’s “accident,” spans eighteen months. We follow her from Switzerland, France and Spain to America and back and forth through intense romance (often explicit), travel, cuisine, personal risks and adventures and the research on her PhD thesis in poli-sci and public policy. Her thesis and public engagements all over the world become very critical of “electoral democracies” as exist in the U.S. and she proposes a new “social contract.” But Washington considers her international talks subversive of western culture and order—and sends the CIA after her. The fictionalized story, in its romantic Begoña, carries a powerful attack on the legal profession at large and on governmental and state institutions.